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CHINESE FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES.
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APRIL.-4th.-Solar term, "clear and bright," Ts'ing-ming. Sun in Aries. Tomb festival. Birthday of Hiuen- tien Shing-fu, Tauist deity, father of the god of the sombre heavens. 5th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 9th.-First day of the third moon. Birthday of judge in second court of hades. 10th.-Birthday of god of sombre heavens (Hiuen-tien), rul r of the north pole (Peh-ti). 12th.—All the spirits report to Heaven. 14th.-Spring festival for worship of lares. 16th.-- Birthday of judge in sixth court of hades. 17th.-The earth spirit reigns. 18th.- Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground. 19th.-Auspicious day for obtaining Heaven's pardon. Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 20th.-Solar term, "grain rain." Sun enters Taurus. 21st.-Birthday of the central dragon spirit of the ground. 23rd.-Fifteenth day of the third moon. Birthday of I-lin, a deified physician. 24th.-Birthday of Chun-ti, the Buddhist Durga. 26th.-Birthday of goddess Hau-t'u (worshipped behind the graves), and of the god of the Central Mountain, also of the Tauist "three brothers" San-mau.
MAY.-1st.-Birthday of the Tauist goddess of sailors, Tien-heu, Queen of Heaven. 4th.-Birthday of Tszu Sun, goddess of progeny. 5th. Solar term "Summer sets in." Sun in Taurus. Birthday of Ch'e-kuur (Che-tai), god of money and valuables, also of the god of Mount T'ai-shan. 6th.-Birthday of the six evil spirits (of heaven, earth, year, month, day, hour), also of the god of the Eastern Mountain, and of Liang Hieb, the inventor of the written character. 9th. The first day of the fourth moon. Birthday of judge in eighth court of hades, and of Siu Pa-suen, a statesman of the Sung dynasty. 12th.-Birthday of Manajustri, a disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha. 16tb.-All the spirits report to heaven. Birthday of the god of Sam-kai (heaven, earth, hades), and of the judge in ninth court of hades. 17th.-Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground.-21st.-Solar term, "little full." Sun enters Gemini, 22nd. Birthday of Lü Sien, a de fiel physician. 23rd.-Fifteenth day of the fourth moon. Birthday of Chung Li-k'wan, one of the eight Tauist genii. 25th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. Birthday of Kam-fá, Cantonese goddess of parturition, and of the judge in tenth court of nades. 26th.-Birthday of Wa-t'o, a deified physician, and of Tszu-mi, a Tauist star god of malaria. 28th.— Birthday of the goddess of the blind. 29th.-A day of ill luck. 31st.-Fête day of Samanta Bhadra.
JUNE.-3rd.-Birthday of Chung-ch'an, a deified warrior of the Han dynasty. 5th.-Solar term, "grain spiked." Birthday of Yoh-wang, the Esculapius of China. 6th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 8th.-The first day of the fifth moon. Birthday of Nan-kieb, the Tauist god of the south pole. 9th.-All the spirits report to Heaven. 10th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 12th.-A Tauist fast day. 14th.-Dragon boat festival. Boat races and processions to drive away evil spirits and to ward off disease. 16th.-A day of ill luck. 17th.-Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground. 18th.-Birthday of Shing-wong, the tutelary god of walled towns. 19th. Birthday of Ping Sing, a deified statesman of the Chow dynasty. 20th.-Birthday of Kwan-ti, the god of war, and of his de.fied son, General Kwan. 21st.-Solar term, "summer solstice." Sun enters Cancer. 22nd. The fifteenth day of the fifth moon. 23rd.-Conjunction of Heaven and Earth. Day of general abstinence. Fête day of Julai Buddba. Birthday of Chang Tao-ling (A.D. 34), and of his present successor as head of the Tauist hierarchy. 25th.-- Fête day of the Tauist philosopher Lao Tszu. Birthday of the Tauist goddess Si Wang-mu. 27th.-Birthday of Ma Tan-yan, a Tauist saint. Auspicious day for fasting and worship. 30th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress.
JULY.-4th.-Heavens grants pardon.-6th.-Birthday of Mayura Radja, worshipped by sorcerers. 7th.-First day of the sixth moon. Solar term, "little heat," Sun in Cancer. Birthday of Vêda, the patron saint of Buddhist and Tauist monas. teries and nunneries.-8th.- Birthday of Yang Si, a deified warrior, and of Tsui-pan, criminal judge in hades. 11th.-A day of ill luck. 12th.-Fête day of Mount Tai, 16th. Birthday of Liu Hai-sien, a Tauist saint. 18th.-Birthday of Lung Wang, dragon spirit of wells and hills, a Tauist deity. 19th.-Fête day of Lu Pan, patron of carpenters and masons. 20th. The first decade of heat commences.
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